Chairman of 25-year-old Agaoglu Group, a builder of hotels, resorts, and ski lodges in Turkey. Net worth up this year because of greater asset transparency; owns 90 million square feet of developable land on western coast of Turkey and continues to buy up parcels opportunistically. Despite the downturn, his new Istanbul residential estate project called My City Bahcelievler sold 300 units in 3 days in mid-February. Announced plans to invest $2 billion in tourism projects including hotels and malls last March.